Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

Chapter 292 No War in Puyang, the Calm Before the Storm

Golden autumn and October, if placed in a peaceful year, can be said to be the most relaxing month of the year.

The busy autumn sowing has ended, and the weather is not too hot or cold, which is very suitable for going out. Therefore, October is the most prosperous period for business transactions. If the harvest is good, they will use grain to exchange for some other necessities of life. Women's fabrics , October is also an intensive trading period.

Chi Chi, the gangster, hugs Bumaosi... the general is not angry, and the autumn is hopeful.

Now that it has been decided to support Puyang, the work has begun in full swing.

Dian Wei has assembled the imperial guards, what is waiting is actually Liu Qing's caravan, going to Puyang to do business is not just talking, even if it is acting, it has to be a full set, right?

"My lord, there is more than a month left for the marriage granted by the imperial court. My lord, don't miss the time." Ju Shou specifically confessed, just like the head of a family, he attached great importance to this marriage.

I know, I know, how could I make a mistake, it's Diao Chan.

Even if he knew Wang Yun had ulterior motives, and even Diao Chan had ulterior motives, so what, Liu Qing just wanted to challenge his weakness.

"The matter of Puyang, if it is soon, I will return in half a month. Zhang Yang, Lu Bu should be able to dismiss it. I will mainly deal with Yuan Shao. I want to see how he will treat the former savior."

"Strictly speaking, you have nothing to do with him, only a deal."

"The grain and grass haven't been delivered yet! It's been a month or two since the end of the autumn harvest, but he has no intention of paying it back. This time, I have to ask him personally. By the way, Uncle Ju, asked Xu Huang to come directly from Hanoi. Go to Puyang, just say to meet old acquaintances."

Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Jiang Qichun, Yu Qiong and so on.

"Okay, Xu Huang also said that it's boring in Hanoi. At first, I thought that the Baibo army might be just a general. Later, I learned that Xu Huang is quite good at training soldiers and is very convincing. He has a high prestige in the Hanoi army. .”

Liu Qing smiled knowingly, how can I see the wrong person!
The reason why Xu Huang was called here was because Dian Wei was the only outstanding general in the imperial guards, and even if he was included, there were still a few fewer generals to fight with.

"Feng Xiao is with me, Wen Ruo is in charge of government affairs, Uncle Ju, and Jia Cong, you will be in charge of it. I want him to have nothing but money."

"It's a person with a wealth of name Sankong." Jushou corrected, "Once this matter has spread, if someone with a heart adds fuel and jealousy, Jia Cong will be the governor of Jizhou, so don't do it." Jushou said.

Liu Qing looked at Jushou with profound meaning.

"Uncle Ju, is this caring person yourself?" Liu Qing chuckled, and then said: "The governor of Jizhou, although his salary is only [-] shi, not as high as the eunuch's, but if you want, I will subsidize it for you." You two thousand stones."

Changshan has another bumper harvest this autumn, and there is no shortage of grain at all.

Jushou was at a loss for words for a while, as Liu Qing said, it would be good, Liu Qing's temper Jushou knew that this kind of joke would come true when it was on and off, so he basically acquiesced.

"Then I'll wait for the news of Jia Congshe's death in Puyang!" Liu Qing laughed.

Jushou laughed in response, obviously he has been with Liu Qing for a long time, he also knows this fashionable concept.

In his understanding, it is discredited.

Two days later, Liu Qing's caravan was also ready, with dozens of carts of supplies, and began to set off in a mighty manner. Going south along the official road, Liu Qing will enter Puyang via Fanyang, Dunqiu and other places.

Along the way, whether they were businessmen or civilian husbands, they all looked at Liu Qing's caravan in surprise.

"Look, good guy, such a big caravan, it's been a long time!"

"It's amazing to be able to do such a big business these days."

"Tch, what's the big deal, most of them are from the big family, and these are obtained by exploiting us!" A peasant man was carrying a rake, obviously complaining about the big family.

"Don't talk nonsense about you! You are not afraid of losing your life!" A person beside him hurriedly stopped him, "Have you seen the commercial flag, 'Junzheng Company', let me tell you, Jun is the name of the King of Bohai, which is the name of the King of Bohai. Caravan!"

"Ah! It's actually the caravan of King Bohai! Make way, make way."

The carriages passed by, and then they saw Liu Qing's imperial guards and armored cavalry at the finale. Now, everyone believed the passerby's words.

Where does the sense of security of the people of Jizhou come from? It comes from these armored cavalry.

Following the caravan, the cavalry marched slowly, of course, this was Liu Qing's intention.

Although there is experience, but when you can try it, it is better to give it a try.

Of course we have to rescue them, but we can't rush to rescue them. Chen Gong and Lu Bu, one is resourceful and the other is brave. It's too exaggerated, even if you block Yuan Shao, a straw bag with extremely high grass content, it should be no problem to block it for a few days.

However, although the army marched slowly, Liu Qing's letter to Chen Gong was indeed on the way ahead of time.

Just as Liu Qing was slowly advancing, Zhang Yang had already arrived at Puyang City.

He was very surprised that he came to Puyang without any trouble.

"Our army was not hindered in the slightest, but is Lu Bu afraid of us?" Vice-General Yang Chou said looking at Puyang.

"Don't underestimate the enemy. Lu Bu's courage is above you and me. Since he dares to occupy the city, he will naturally not hold back."

At this time, the sentry came to report: "General Zhang, there is a military camp in the south of Puyang. There are soldiers and horses in the camp, just like Lu Bu's camp."

When Zhang Yang heard it, he suddenly realized that he was waiting for me here!

No wonder no one came to stop him. It turned out that he was playing this trick, and it was estimated that as soon as he gave the order to attack the city, Lu Bu would rush out of the camp and attack his rear.

"General, what should we do? Should we attack the barracks?" Yang Chou asked.

Zhang Yang looked at Puyang, sneered, and replied: "If you attack the barracks, Puyang soldiers and horses will come out and attack our army together. Now I don't know how many soldiers and horses Lu Bu has, so don't act rashly!"

Zhang Yang made a steady hand, mainly because this was also Ding Yuan's explanation.

Yuan Shao doesn't treat him as a human being, and Ding Yuan is not polite, if you dare to pretend to be mischievous, I will dare to obey.

Yang Chou didn't know what to say, anyway, he listened to what Zhang Yang said.

"Go back five miles and go down to the stronghold. I guess Fengxian is in the barracks outside the city. I'll send a greeting later." Zhang Yang suddenly relaxed and ordered.

He and Lu Bu had been friends for many years. Although in name, Lu Bu and Ding Yuan broke up, but in private, Zhang Yang didn't feel that he had broken up with Lu Bu either.

Soon, the news that Zhang Yang went to Puyang first and then retreated to set up camp spread to the barracks outside the city, and Lu Bu was puzzled.

"Could it be that Uncle Zhang Zhi saw through the quarrel between me and sir, so he retreated?" Lu Bu asked.

"It must be so, Fengxian, do we really want to fight General Zhang? We are all Bingzhou Army!" Wei Xu said with emotion.

"God's will tricks people, brother to brother, why is Bu doing this!" Lv Bu sighed, "Send someone to ask sir, the king of Bohai will help... Will the king of Bohai agree to wait for me?"

"Well, Fengxian, Zhang Yang has just arrived, and his foothold is not stable. Shall we go to rob the camp tonight?" Wei Xu asked again.

Are you going to camp?Lu Bu also asked himself, thought for a while, and then said: "It is appropriate to ask the gentleman about this matter. In addition, we should step up our guard tonight to prevent Zhang Yang from robbing the camp."

Not long after, Lu Bu's question reached Chen Gong.

If it had been earlier, Chen Gong really didn't know how to reply to him, but just now, the urgent letter from King Bohai had been delivered to him.

In the letter, Liu Qing praised Chen Gong's righteous actions. Of course, these words were all in Cai Yan's thoughts, and he declared that Chen Gong was very welcome to join. Then he drove to Pu, and the details were not mentioned in the letter.

Anyway, the most important attitude has been given in the letter.

It works, yes!
Reinforcement, here we come!
Chen Gong's tense strings could finally be loosened, and he immediately wrote back to Lu Bu.

"Zhang Yang advanced and retreated. He realized that Puyang and the barracks were in a corner, so he retreated. The corner in itself is to delay the enemy's conspiracy. If the enemy retreats, that would be the best, and the king of Bohai has agreed to come to his aid. Before the arrival of the King of Bohai's reinforcements, we only need to be on high alert, and there is no need to take the initiative to attack."

Lu Bu who received the letter was inexplicably happy, finally there was good news!
Lu Bu read the letter several times, and immediately ordered Wei Xu to send two more cavalry teams to stare at Zhang Yang's camp. After the arrangement, he still felt unbearably excited. He rubbed his left palm with his right fist. For some reason, he really wanted to try his skills. .

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Yuan Jun first went east to Lihu, and then went north to Puyang, and because the distance from Lihu was too close, Xu Rong was on the way back, so Yuan Jun was extra careful in every move.

In this way, the speed of advancing troops will be slow.

Of course, Yuan Shao still had his own little thoughts. The reason why he did this was to give Zhang Yang some more time and let him and Lu Bu fight more. In the end, both sides would suffer. This is what he is most happy to see.

But no matter how slow the troops advance, they will eventually arrive, so Yuan Shao sent many sentries to check what happened.

As they got closer and closer to Puyang, the detectives also brought back news one after another.

However, to Yuan Shao's surprise, all the news was: there is no war in Puyang!

Chen Gong was stationed in Puyang, Lu Bu was stationed in the barracks outside the city, and Zhang Yang just went down to the village and did not attack.

The triangular arrangement of the three forces formed a strange confrontational situation.

"Gongze, Zhang Yang has arrived in Puyang, why did he not move?" Yuan Shao, who was marching, asked Guo Tu beside him,

"Chen Gong and Lu Bu, Zhang Yang's strength is insufficient, so he dare not act rashly. He should be waiting for the lord."

"He didn't even try?"

"My lord, don't forget that Zhang Yang and Lu Bu are both from Bingzhou. They are old friends who have fought side by side for many years. It was Ding Yuan who parted ways with Lu Bu, not Zhang Yang. Now I understand the reason why Ding Yuan sued for his illness. When the time comes, if he doesn’t go, the Lord will send Zhang Yang to go instead.”

"Old fox!" Yuan Shao also cursed.

"Ding Yuan was born in a poor family, it is not easy to get to this stage, you must not underestimate him!" Guo Tu commented, speaking for Yuan Shao and himself.

Obviously, Guo Tu seemed to have won in the air-to-air battle between the two sides, and Zhang Yang sent troops, but the current result was beyond Guo Tu's expectations.

It can be said that Zhang Yang sent troops, but Zhang Yang did not send troops.

There is no war in Puyang, and the situation is very strange.

"My lord, since Zhang Yang is not easy to attack, there is no need for our army to delay this battle and give Chen Gong and Lu Bu time to breathe!"

Yuan Shao nodded, reined in the horses, and gave an order: "Pass down our military order, take Yan Liang as the left vanguard, Zhao Rui as the deputy vanguard, march into Puyang, take Wen Chou as the right vanguard, and Lu Weihuang as the deputy vanguard, attack Lu Bu's camp, and send a notice Zhang Yang, attack Puyang together with Wen Chou!"

Yuan Shao couldn't bear it anymore, and directly ordered to speed up the troops.

As soon as the soldiers and horses moved, Fengji came to Yuan Shao.

"My lord, to attack Puyang quickly, we need to guard against Lihu. If Fan Chou and Xu Rong lead cavalry to attack, our army will be in danger!"

Yuan Shao thought for a while, what Feng Ji said made some sense, but now he can't send generals, after much deliberation, he thought of senior officials.

"Yuancai, I will give you three thousand soldiers and horses to take care of the rear and protect the luggage!" After thinking about it, it is not safe enough, "Yuantu, you also stay in the rear together. Yuancai, if you are undecided, you can ask Yuantu !"

Yuan Shao's general Feng Ji also stayed.

Soon, the news of Yuan Shao's speeding up his troops was learned by Lu Bu and Chen Gong successively. Chen Gong immediately summoned Lu Bu back to the city. Facing the overwhelming force, the momentum of fighting corners is useless. The city defends.

On the top of the city, Chen Gong had already prepared a lot of rolling wood and rocks, and even set up a large urn to boil boiling water. At critical times, if there were not enough wood and stones, these things could also hurt the enemy.

For the rest, it is up to King Bohai.

Lu Bu withdrew suddenly, and Zhang Yang, who was staring at Lu Bu, immediately understood that Yuan Shao was coming.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Yuan Shao's military order to cooperate with Yan Liang to fight.

Helpless, helpless, this moment has finally come.

Fengxian, oh Fengxian, you and I are masters, it’s no wonder when it’s time for swordsmen to meet each other, Zhang Yang thought to himself.

At the head of Puyang City, Chen Gong, Lu Bu, and Wei Xu's generals were all there. Below the head of the city, letters and newspapers came again and again, and each time, it was the news that Yuan Shao's army was getting closer.

The army is getting closer and closer, and the city is shrouded in suspicion.

"Sir, do you know when the King of Bohai will arrive?"

"Wei Commandery is only across a river from Puyang, so it must be coming soon. If you count by the reply time, even if you march normally, you should have arrived."

However, the King of Bohai hasn't arrived yet, Chen Gong suddenly murmured in his heart.

King Bohai won't change his mind midway, will he?

Thinking about it, Chen Gong suddenly became afraid, because the King of Bohai's reply to Chen Gong was equivalent to giving Chen Gong a reassurance, so that Chen Gong didn't make a retreat plan.

This is stiff!
"Then why hasn't it arrived yet? Didn't it say that King Bohai is a loyal generation, and he is well-known!"

Chen Gong was speechless.

"Report-"

"Yuan Shao's pioneer Yan Liang is only ten miles away!"

Closer!
"Report-"

"Zhang Yangjun has occupied the camp outside the city!"

Lu Bu sneered when he heard that, Uncle Zhi was smart enough to occupy the camp and gain military exploits in vain.

Chen Gong looked to the southwest, which was the direction Yuan Shao's army came from. The south and southwest were all smooth roads, and the wriggling enemy army could be seen with the naked eye from five miles away.

"Add firewood! Boil the water!" Chen Gong ordered.

The city wall was quiet and silent, just like Puyang during this time, it was very calm, only the sound of boiling water and the sound of flags waving in the wind could be heard.

In the end, Yuan Jun's figure appeared at the end of his line of sight. Although he was just a striker, there was a dark patch from a distance.

Chen Gong understands that this battle is definitely not the situation where small military towns fight each other like Dong Shi did. The Battle of Puyang must be a big battle, a bloody battle, and a bitter battle!
"Two days! Just two days! If the King of Bohai hasn't arrived yet, we will abandon the city!" Chen Gong made up his mind.

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